$1 ATs with an all-in and a caller

[Sykes]

and #10439160-12 at SnG-5107p (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
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Started at 21/Dec/05 21:31:01

kochakaden is at seat 0 with 1810.
sw33tang3l is at seat 1 with 2210.
Glory Seeker is at seat 2 with 2480.
msmike11 is at seat 3 with 940.
jimbo33 is at seat 4 with 1960.
Stoned Crazy is at seat 5 with 2600.
salady is at seat 6 with 1450.
jakeo is at seat 7 with 410.
ace663 is at seat 9 with 1140.
The button is at seat 2.

msmike11 posts the small blind of 75.
jimbo33 posts the big blind of 150.

kochakaden: -- --
sw33tang3l: -- --
Glory Seeker: Ad Td
msmike11: -- --
jimbo33: -- --
Stoned Crazy: -- --
salady: -- --
jakeo: -- --
ace663: -- --

Pre-flop:

Stoned Crazy folds. salady calls. jakeo goes all-in for 410. ace663 folds. kochakaden folds.
sw33tang3l calls. Glory Seeker goes all-in for 2480.


Good play or no?

I figured Short stack had nothing big. A small pair/2 Broadways/a weak ace was my hand range on him.

Caller I put on extremely weak. Usually in this game they'll re-raise with 99+, AQ+. So I put him on a small pair (like 55 or another weak ace, like A9)

So, I pushed.

Comments?

I think this line is solid. You can't fold, because of the fairly huge range of hands sw33tang3l is calling with. A small percentage of the time he may be slowplaying a monster, but most of the time I think he has A or K high here and is looking to pick up some free chips from the desperate shortstack. You want to get HU with the raiser here, so pushing is the only option.

[bluefeet]

Personally, I think you are risking far too much here for what is very likely a very mariginal call of AI - if it stood alone. I DO understand/appreciate the reasoning. But throw in a bit of uncertainty regarding the blinds behind and the orginal caller, I fold this pretty easily.

[tigerite]

Marginal call..? If the t410 stack pushes and it folds to you with ATs, and t2400 behind, at 75/150 this is surely one of the easiest calls ever.

I'm not sure about the push though after the flat call. I'd need a read or something to do it.

tigerite--given that there is a flat call, what do you do? Folding seems like a big mistake to me. Is a call okay, hoping for a free showdown if you miss?

[tigerite]

I'm not overly enamoured with a call either for 1/6th of my stack. If I had a read on the flat caller as any way decent I would fold. I don't think I would flat call very often at all here.

[bluefeet]

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Marginal call..? If the t410 stack pushes and it folds to you with ATs, and t2400 behind, at 75/150 this is surely one of the easiest calls ever.

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I'm not thrilled about flat calling had it been folded to me - for 1/6th, as you mention. I'm also not certain about laying 16bb's not closing the action (we have both blinds, and an EP limper). Granted, shortie is short of 3bb's. But he's also 2 seats away from cutoff...UTG+1 has already openened...he's pushing through 7 opponents. 'Marginal' might be a stretch, but I have a hunch 'easy' might be as well.

I'm sure the math will be fun at an almost full table - have some free time today? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]